> This is fallout from the exclusion of Italian immigrants from the higher classes in the early 20th century I am Italian and I can assure you that those who r

> This is fallout from the exclusion of Italian immigrants from the higher classes in the early 20th century I am Italian and I can assure you that those who remained in Italy are not different. Large part of the Italian immigration to the US comes from the south, where the different types of mafia are only the official and extreme degree of a widespread culture of corruption, shady dealings and reciprocal abuse.